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Re: Planetary Rings around Earth


-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Baalke <BAALKE@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov>
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
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Date: Monday, March 01, 1999 12:00 PM
Subject: A Chip Off The Old Moon


|http://cnn.com/TECH/space/9902/26/lunar.chip/index.html
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|
Hi Lou and List,

In an attempt to kill two birds with one stone:-) I correlated these two
recent discoveries.
Ron posted the above Chip Off the Old Moon message on March 1, 1999 and it
turns out they named it Asteroid 3753.  (I would have preferred Lunatoid,
but I guess that's premature).  The existence of this alone may suggest that
it is a reminent from a ring and there may be more lurkers out there.


With regard to this quote from Bernd's post "Planetary Ring around Earth
part 1"

"|The missing-crater-problem can be solved by postulating the existence of
|a temporary planetary ring around the Earth. We suggest the following
|scenario: an incoming asteroid is captured by the Earth inside the Roche
|limit, and the breakup of the asteroid creates a planetary ring."
|
So it is an INCOMING, they're postulating.   I recall asking the list why it
was assumed that all asteroids approach
Earth at super high velocity.  I used the example of a pool
ball just barely dropping into the pocket.  I don't have the message and
it's probably in the missing archives, but I wonder if that is the
explanation for how this proposed catching of an asteroid and subsequent
breaking up happened or is there another explanation?

BTW, with regard to my post of Saturday before re-reading Bernd's article
forwarded by Dennis, I just have this to say in the form of a retraction:
Some anomalous energy field, that Gravity, huh?  Egg on my face again.
Which also reminds me...........next Vernal Equinox we will all have to
stand our meteorites on rounded end to see if they balance.  If eggs can do
it...........:-)


Best Regards,
Julia








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